Comments on: End the school year with Epic Review Olympics (free templates!)

By: Jennifer A.

Jennifer A. — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:27:20 +0000

Recently made an Escape Room “Break out the new Olympic sport” using short passages (2nd graders) about various topics related to the Olympics. The one-word answers for questions following each passage are collected on a recording sheet that has some of the letter spaces numbered. When students compile the numbered letters the answer will solve a riddle: What sport will be new to the Olympics in 2024?
ANSWER: Breakdancing!
On a side note: Our end-of-the-year ELA unit is research. Each student is researching an Olympian (past or present), event, or country. As a craft, we are making laurel wreaths from paper plates and construction paper. When they ESCAPE I will take their picture wearing their wreath and a sign that they ESCAPED.

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Still Learning – Tweaking For No Reason — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 16:21:47 +0000

[…] a theme from the great Matt Miller, I opted for the Epic Review Olympics. Planned ahead, before Christmas Break. Made a Jeopardy review for one day, planned out the rest, […]

By: Matt Miller

Matt Miller — Mon, 09 May 2016 13:04:03 +0000

In reply to Katharine Grudt. Thank you Katharine! Five categories, five days ... perfect! :)

By: Katharine Grudt

Katharine Grudt — Wed, 04 May 2016 14:42:06 +0000

Thank you for this post. We had the Olympics Review for our Biology End-of-Course Test in Texas. The test is broken down into 5 Categories; therefore, we played 5 days worth of review games. The students were very engaged. Thanks for your blogs; they are encouraging!

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Diigo Links (weekly) | Mr. Gonzalez's Classroom — Sun, 01 May 2016 15:05:12 +0000

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By: Sarah Franko

Sarah Franko — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:28:11 +0000

I am a big fan of the new Quizlet live where students need to work in cooperative groups. My students LOVED it.

By: Tammy Ruch

Tammy Ruch — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:30:29 +0000

I like to play Scategories at the end of a semester. You make the categories. Examples:colors, -ar verbs, questions, irregular verbs, months, numbers, etc. I place students in groups of three or four. Students have one minute (you can adjust the time) to write down five Spanish words that fit in the category. At the end of the time they say their answers to the group members. Tienes _____? Students only receive points for answers they write that no one had in their group. You can do as many categories as you like. At the end they total their points.